Description

　　LinQuest is seeking a Mid-level Test and Evaluation Portfolio Manager to work with our team in Colorado Springs, CO. An active TS/SCI clearance (or TS with SCI Eligibility) is required. The selected candidate will support the United States Space Force Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) Headquarters near Peterson SFB.

　　Applicants should have experience in acquisition lifecycle and multiple phases of the test and evaluation process. Strong applicants will have experience creating, evaluating, and reviewing test plans in the areas of developmental testing, operational testing, and live-fire testing, particularly in the area of testing space systems. Experience with portfolio and/or program management is required. Experience evaluating both small subsystem test results and major system program results is highly desired. In addition, applicants should have familiarity with major DoD acquisition programs as part of the Air Force acquisition process.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Assist in the planning, coordination, execution, and reviewing of space systems tests & experiments.

　　Provide input into the design, development, and execution of advanced test/experimentation programs and processes to conduct assessment of space systems.

　　Review, edit, and improve test engineering documentation to include test plans, Test Information Sheets, Safety Packages, Data Analysis, Management Plans, Technical and Safety Review Board Briefs, Test Readiness Briefs, Test Cards, and Test/Analysis Reports, as required.

　　Review analysis on pre-test predictions, including those obtained through M&S, to design test events and profiles, define data collection requirements, and develop go/no-go criteria to meet test objectives.

　　Collaborate with and support the test teams and products produced following their reviews of systems, sub-systems, and components to ensure the data management and analysis plan (DMAP) provides proper data collection for real-time and post-mission data processing, evaluation, and analysis to meet test/experimentation objectives.

　　Review, improve, and support test teams with their data analysis requests, providing input regarding their requests for process data, data quality control reviews and anomaly resolutions, and their data analysis as per the data analysis plan.

　　Evaluate and review simulation efforts to predict or evaluate system effectiveness or suitability under relevant operational conditions and scenarios.

　　Provide oversight and assist test teams to ensure pre-test, during-test, and post-test execution activities, schedules, and resources are identified and available to meet customer specifications and performance expectations.

　　Develop and maintain summary information capturing all major test and evaluation activities and resource requirements across STARCOM T&E portfolio,

　　Identify and deconflict scheduling and resourcing concerns, where necessary

　　Review and improve Test Reports/Presentations.

　　Required Skills and Experience:

　　Bachelor’s Degree

　　7 years of test project management (test manager or test analyst)

　　7 years of demonstrated systems engineering and program/portfolio management experience with space, ground, operations, and sustainment segments of DoD

　　Experience with multiple (5+) space systems

　　A detailed understanding of test, evaluation and experimentation functions and how they relate to space operations at the tactical level, or of operations such as exercises, plans, coordination, demonstrations, such as space flag and other related war gaming events.

　　Comfortable with methodologies including modeling and simulation, laboratory testing, open-air testing, and live-fire testing and supporting skills such as modeling and simulation, system decomposition, design of experiments and response surface methodologies, regression testing, and validation of models and simulations.

　　Team mentality to provide integrated engineering/analysis support for design reviews, test planning working groups, test card prep, disciplined test execution, and collaborative authorship of post flight reports.

　　Willingness to accept changing and evolving roles & responsibilities in support of customer requirements and needs.

　　Aptitude and patience to process and analyze complex system test/experimentation data.

　　Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: Space-related data communications, EO/IR/RF Sensors, Space system

　　Architectures, Space Battle Management and Control

　　Experience with portfolio and/or project management

　　An active TS/SCI clearance (or TS with SCI eligibility)

　　Preferred Skills and Experience:

　　Bachelor Degree or higher

　　PMP certification

　　Experience within the DoD or as a Defense Contractor working in test and evaluation

　　Knowledge of orbital mechanics and astrodynamics

　　DoD Acquisition Professional Development (ADPD) Test and Evaluation Level 3 certification.

　　Space operations and/or orbital mechanics

　　Statistical techniques for approaching complex problems with large amounts of data

　　Application of analytical and operations research techniques and supporting skills such as database query languages, design of experiment and response surface methodologies, scripting language programming, and development of appropriate models and simulations

　　Compensation:

　　Starting salary ranges from $120,000 to $145,000 depending on relevant experience and qualifications.Benefits:

　　LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more! For additional information please visit: https://www.linquest.com/careers/our-benefits

　　Why LinQuest?

　　LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios. Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers. LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence. Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.

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　　Licenses & Certifications

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　　TS/SCIEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

　　The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)